tv [untitled] September 21, 2012 12:00pm-12:30pm EDT
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and she american fury flaring across the muslim world for a second fight in a row as casualties mount and protests raged across the region. also angry georgian crowds keep up the pressure over the prison abuse scandal while the man who leaked the footage of the jail guard brutality speaks to the. graphic greece police investigate dozens of politicians for embezzled money to the tax evasion crowd while the country braces for the latest verdict on its love.
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watching r.t. live from moscow at eight pm my name's kevin irwin first this friday evening the day of prayer in the muslim world once again been dominated by anti-american anger over the film which mocks islam the main flashpoint today is pakistan deadly clashes there between police and protesters who are trying to reach the american embassy in islamabad at least fifteen people have reportedly been killed more than a hundred wounded across the country security offices in using tear gas and firing warning shots to try to disperse the violent mobs this chaos come to spite the government declaring friday a public holiday and encouraging people to protest peacefully washington is promoting to a video on pakistani t.v. in which obama and hillary clinton denounce the film he started tariq whether you did in with more from islam about. has he sending here around one hundred
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kilometers from the diplomatic area where the american embassy and the french and british embassies are these professors are determined to exist immigrations i head that they were in that area where the security forces actually has a very tight security army and when you're morse's are the powers that be have here some protesters are burning they have american flags as well as their burning tires we would lie be able to break and i would show you how anger these are tires that the band american flags down. here and i think i guess the american was and. i guess the americans against the yeah yeah american was the big majors. measures and i guess this propaganda and the. government has. made sure
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advertisements on t.v. and here on the ok and i was seven hundred thousand dollars. was yesterday to. run pakistani cities through do local channels. well further rallies are also taking place across the muslim world oxys paul asli has got more now on the root causes and implications of the fury. we're keeping a watchful eye on lebanon where tens of thousands of people are gathering in heat of a call by the his milliliter his son and this trial are now those protests are happening in the eastern lebanese city of rome big as i say they are being organized by hizbollah but later today friday they will be in another protest organized by sunni clerics there hasn't been any violence in lebanon but no doubt tensions are running high all french schools in lebanon as well as the ambassador's residence has been closed today lebanese security on high alert the protests so much more than just as
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they really are calling up. against the united states that many say has been simmering below the surface for quite some time so what we're witnessing is really now the spark to the fire that is seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets in all these cities to really hold the united states responsible for what they say is the worst attack ever on islam. all asleep well let's cross live now to beirut and political show me no one is covering the middle east for the huffington post evening to the still energy of these protests from what we're seeing as well with hezbollah leaders stoking things by calling it the worst attack on islam ever without all in mind how long do we expect this current backlash to last do you think. why you know i hardly think it's the worst attack on islam or i mean if even if we've never heard of the crusades it's not even the worst attack in the twenty first century not i won't says by laws of course. right the war on terror probably
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is i mean people are reacting to this. but you know from my perspective it's just the straw that broke the camel's back there's plenty of history of u.s. relations in the area plenty of precedent for why people in this region and of pakistan elsewhere in the muslim world would react strongly to the u.s. is this just an excuse. like i said just the straw that broke the camel's back and the. focus for a minute on the violence who seem to folding in pakistan where does this leave america's reputation with the pakistani people rocky as it's been for a while of course because of the deadly drone strikes strikes against worse now yeah. yeah i mean there is there is you know this trouble between the u.s. and pakistan is you know has been the worst thing in the last few years it's. it's not all the u.s. either i mean ok so you we had twenty million displaced pakistanis during the floods and you know then of course you had. the incident where twenty four soldiers
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were killed and the nato supply lines to two to afghanistan were blocked because the pakistani people got so angry but you had you have you know worsening rhetoric coming out of the united states now there are no civilian casualties of drone strikes in pakistan any boy any male within the sort of military age range is now a legitimate target so you know there's always something driving sanny anger towards u.s. policy in its country and its you know direct neighborhood. so so this could you know this will continue this will ebb and flow i think until something gives. up again in the immediate ongoing calls for protesters to demonstrate peacefully by their leaders and many of these countries what those those calls of failed completely by what we're seeing what is actually going to stem the violence right now. i think there is a lot of focus on aspirants i mean something's happened it's gotten people angry
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you know. there are some people have died it's not been a large i mean you had violence break out let's not forget in the streets of greece and spain you know but we don't take the same attitude towards that you know there are many countries in the muslim world that are now exercising for the first time their ability to speak out and demonstrate and congregate in public so there are bound to be mishaps you know most of the focus on what's been happening last ten days is being you know mostly on the violence as opposed to on the peaceful demonstrations is just something the media that those pictures of missing of the al qaeda flags being flown in the anti american protests all across the muslim world how is that going to go down in washington and make it reconsider do you think our backs in the region in light of its support of rebellions which seem to be back firing on it syria. yeah if only i think you know we have to recognize that there
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isn't really al qaeda anymore i mean every every few months we hear about the u.s. killing the you know first or second in command of al qaeda there cannot be many left of them has now morphed into an idea more than anything extreme militants a love fest who have perhaps some of the same targets in mind but they're not organized necessarily with the organization well what's left of it the u.s. has no interest some time that you have these elements to take their position in the syrian conflict and so you find the u.s. and al qaeda as bedfellows in syria and to see this backlash in libya where you have the same kind of bedfellow salafist military on the on the u.s. the nato side. seeing the result of that may make some policymakers in washington rethink their position and we just don't know elections are coming up soon and there's no way to really tell. charming thermosphere thought speciated charbonneau one of their political analysts covering the middle east for the huffington post.
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georgian government struggling to save face tonight as public protests continue in reaction to the prison abuse scandal their fury flared after a leak video showed inmates being tortured and raped by guards at one of the country's jails now the authorities have already arrested several suspects including the head of the facility georgia's interior minister and corrections minister both stepped down over the scandal prison guards across the country i've also been replaced now with police officers some georgians are comparing the jail to america's notorious talum obey where terrorist suspects are being held and abused he got piskun off reports. the story is continuing to unfold here in georgia as the interior minister has resigned and our team managed to meet with local started all this the former staff member of the group by the prisoner who released this shocking footage of georgian authorities still claim that he didn't know what was going to be the grads this is not the case at all saakashvili was fully aware
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of what was going on when uncle i was appointed minister in two thousand and five the system was very far from european standards then saakashvili appointed acholi a minister and started taking very tough steps he would send security forces to prisons he would break into prisons and beat up in me even the fellow himself would often be there with a camera filming everything and then i think he would shoot those videos to saakashvili in order to show him what kind of prison he had built. for political asylum where he claims that torture of cory's are still working for him while he says that for anyone who wants to work in the security services be nice for the jail system in georgia no criticism of president saakashvili is allowed he just did it for entertainment or if you had something to do with
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politics if he was saakashvili as an enemy. they would pick him this is them is extremely politicized if you work in the prison system or in the police you must be loyal to the saakashvili regime no criticism is a right you should either leave or they will can't see he enjoyed torturing her helpless people who were in their hands one c.t. could see a prison here a new body you have new dignity this is why these videos caused such a nitrogen in georgia this is why all those young people are protesting because also says that president saakashvili is purely an american fraud to act and washington will do everything for him to remain in power here in georgia the crowd themselves says that he decided to show this footage to the world for everyone to see how the georgian leader really treats this it is it's a we're following developments in georgia closely for you hoping stay with us for
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the full interview with the man who released those videos of torture in georgia school done in prison it is later this hour. politicians are elected to make tough decisions but in britain they are increasingly needing outside help while the rest of the country remains itself a danger in recession westminster's finest it seems to splashing out on a league of advisors to help draft policy and as police are explains there are some pretty bizarre roles being created to. the russian empire had twenty six of them but it looks like the british government supports that number a long time ago here in the u.k. policies as an individual appointed by the government to find solutions in difficult areas of public policy and according to their research about to be
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released by king's college london the coalition of government has appointed ninety of them over the past two years they include celebrities like mary porteous who's famous for her make over television show she was charged with making over the u.k. high street over the past few years the u.k. government have appointed czars on everything and surprise. digital communication and even housing but most of them are from the television there are so many of them that they could almost form their own celebrity mini cabinet with serious questions about exactly why these people will be going to these rules and the. people to. whom. he was very famous for political analysts say that worried about the increasing number of policy advisers as i made the coalition governments pledge to cut public spending it isn't just
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best swelling number that's worrying it's a question of their competence this year the british government's back to work sorry no business woman emma harrison who was appointed to help problem families find was forced to stand down from her role a major concerns over fraud within her company critics say the increasing number of cars within the u.k. government points to a deeper question about how the country is run and where the civil servants lack the expertise necessary to do that job properly. clued in the blues to discover to say. and see if it's so. well nick clegg maybe some pick in the poles of a broken promises these days but the p.m.'s number two could put number one on the
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present policy video got a musical mike of a cover story to tell much more if you buy this right. well with. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. looking at some dorks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us i come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a laska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia
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now astray and come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for those who brought their dia to life. five years ago mother pressed care of a bill to dog kennel in the village kids from the local open each came around to take care of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their four legged friends but smother her scare also encourages her kids to become damp hands on the computer and internet the boys regularly update their website and they're in touch with their busy mother twenty
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four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my only interests not play any role anymore and regardless of whether parsky has huskies window race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the winning but actually just the taking part that counts. welcome back you're watching our team with me kevin i would bring you world news in brief now tonight israel claims a failed in filtration attempt led to a shootout on the border with egypt skilled at least three militants one soldier
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gunmen opened fire at israeli troops standing guard at a point where the border fence is under construction the sinai peninsula remains highly volatile an ambush in august by islamist militants killed sixteen gyptian soldiers at a military outpost. a mass grave with twenty five bodies has been discovered in the syrian capital a victim showed signs of torture and have been allegedly abducted and killed by the rebels meanwhile fighting continues on the country's border with. opposition fighters caesar's crossing on wednesday and korea responded by deploying military personnel to the area and turkey is also dealing with problems of its own three hundred thirty military officers have been found guilty of plotting a coup three generals have been sentenced now to life and thirty four others acquitted they're all accused of orchestrating and eventual army takeover through blowing up historic mosques in the capital and sparking a conflict with greece but they deny the charges the two year trial was being closely watched as to whether it encroaches on turkey's secular principles of which
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the military is seen as the main enforcer. thirty three thousand american troops have been recalled from afghanistan according to the u.s. defense secretary leon panetta he stressed that the soldiers had succeeded in their essential mission of boosting the capability of afghan security forces over sixty eight thousand u.s. troops still remain in afghanistan though with all the foreign military set to leave the country for the end of twenty forty. while greece's leaders finalized the details to convince global lenders to release yet more cash police are investigating thirty two politicians for embezzlement it's part of the government's tax evasion crackdown to raise vital funds social and political philosophy lecture upon a goddess of terrorist spoke to us he believes the new initiative though will do little to help the country's economy. but later large parts of the political class here in greece are in very strong ties with the business elites most of the media
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lit and the business elites so not not very soon as this is their crackdown on corruption will bring back some confidence in most brics citizens to the ability of governments to deal with care and problems i see most of the plants are on from that part of the grout government to deal with the problem with increased taxation on people who are actually paying taxes lot is a wage earner and that has been the most of the most of the year in tax reforms made in place i think they will also raise taxes on the professional classes that means not source lawyers etc but the very big problem of legitimate florence or reduce taxation for big business for example for the sitting industry in greece will remain in place narrower problem with public revenues in greece has much more to do with the recession around with than with actually. brits beleaguered deputy
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prime minister faces a tough crowd this weekend his own angry party it's the liberal democrats annual gathering and they're not at all happy at getting voter vitriol of tearing up the pledges and easily submitting to the conservatives in the coalition government nick clegg tried to reputation rescue remedy then with a video apology but he soaked it up to even more ridicule her first cover story. this includes the might still be able to hear the echoes of laughter in the hallowed halls of westminster in the week that thing nick clegg's apology video a remake going viral the chief whip in the thought that the public and local councillor get arrested britons have taken to social media to discuss the fact that some funny things to be going on in government.
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and the video is certainly got a lot of loss but the so-called apology to students over the rise in tuition fees is just the latest in a long line of broken promises and government he turns and is losing the government credibility another apology came today from the government chief whip angie mitchell he told police offices and in another twist tory brian coleman has been arrested for alleged assault on a member of the public so it's not looking good for the government that is the apologies come thick and fast people are finding it hard to exert some students at the quezon are struggling to get employment cleaning toilets and as many of being quick to point out it's not just who is struggling in the midst of a double dip recession everyone's feeling the pain with things looking at us so bleak in britain right now or perhaps it's one of if that you
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a thing where if you don't love your cry but underpinning the humor and there's a serious point being made and that's the coalition government starting to look like a bit of a joke it's not a very funny one sarah r.t. london. political blogger george spoke to me he believes nick clegg driven himself into a corner. better different lines of mr clegg and his apology suggest that the party made the pledge in the first place because there's no money around would have been too expensive to now that this thing is well we would have kept the pledge but it was a hung parliament. but it can actually dance haven't got one single message and i think until they until they do then it would be hard for the latest to take them seriously clegg better the moment. of turning his party's fortunes around to show that they can achieve things for the country in government rather than
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spend time arguing with the conservatives trying to differentiate themselves. about what i think that clegg is probably finished and that's the party room or place for the next election so why is a disaster. problem of dissidents and democracy are combing cheese become the latest star supporter of the jailed russian punk band pussy riot calling for immediate release suchi joins the raft of global celebrities who are backing the group including madonna sting the red hot chili peppers and yoko ono russia stressing the decision of the court should be respected the band members were jailed for two years for hooliganism motivated by religious hatred of they pulled an anti putin stunt in the country's main cathedral the president recently told r.t. he's aware of the case but won't interfere with the sentence. was followed by a wave of anti religious vandalism ranging from cutting down crosses to throwing in kid icons in the same cathedral. with our t.
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